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• Huge blast in Silopi kills 4, injures at least 20 people 

  A huge blast has occurred during the passing of a police shuttle vehicle in Şırnak's Silopi district Monday evening. At least 3 people died and 20 others got injured, including 5 policemen.
• YPS: Turkish forces treat civilians in Nusaybin as YPS members 

  YPS stated that Turkish state forces in Mardin's Nusaybin district treat civilians as militants to distort the truth after the recent retreat of YPS forces to avoid civilian deaths.
• Vedat Encü laid to rest after denial of burial at the cemetery of martyrs 

  Vedat Encü (16) who was killed in the bombardment from a military outpost while doing border trade in Roboski yesterday, has been laid to rest. Encü was denied burial at the cemetery of Roboski martyrs.
• 17 ISIS members killed as YBŞ repel a major aggression in Shengal 

  Shengal Resistance Units (Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şingal, YBŞ) thwarted a third major aggression on the village of Medinaban yesterday, and inflicted a heavy blow on ISIS gangs.
• Body of Encü killed in yesterday’s bombardment brought to Roboski 

  Body of 16-year-old Vedat Encü, who was killed in yesterday’s bombardment by Turkish military at the border, has been brought back to Roboski village in Uludere district of Şırnak.
• Roboski residents: We are facing the same massacre scenario as 2011 

  The residents of Roboski said the massacre carried out by the state was deliberate and planned, stating that they will not bow down to the policies of intimidation that continued with the massacre.
• Blast in Van leaves two police dead and several others wounded 

  Reports of several casualties are coming through from the province of Van after an armored vehicle of Turkish forces was hit by a blast Monday noon.
• SDF Commander: Our forces are advancing towards Tabqa 

  The liberation operation launched by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF or QSD) forces on northern Raqqa continues on the 6th day.
• YJA STAR guerillas call on the youth to join the ranks of PKK and YPS 

  YJA STAR guerillas said that emancipation within the system is not possible and called on the youth to join PKK and YPS against the state’s genocidal attacks.
• Turkey continues to build “wall of shame” on the Rojava border 

  Turkish state continues to build “wall of shame” on the Rojava border.
• Aggression and resistance continue in Şırnak 

  Attacks by state forces with tanks and armored vehicles continued throughout the night in Şırnak province. One special operations member has been killed in clashes early this morning.
• Encü: The attack in Roboski was deliberate and planned 

  HDP Şırnak MP Ferhat Encü said the second attempt at a massacre in Roboski was deliberate and planned, and said the attack was to give a message to the Kurdish people.
• One killed, 5 wounded and some 40 people trapped at Roboski border 

  Turkish military bombed locals doing border trade in Roboski, which killed one civilian -brother of a Roboski victim- and wounded 5, while as many as 40 others managed to flee to the other side of the border.
• Casualties reported as Turkish army bombards Roboski once again 

  The Turkish army shelled a group of people doing border trade in Roboski once again, and killed and injured several civilians.
• People of Kifri protest the isolation of Öcalan 

  People of Kifri organized a march in Sulaymaniyah to protest the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the KDP’s closure of Sêmalka border gate.
• Demirtaş: We will resist until we expel the thieves from our country 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that the Kurdish movement would reach victory because of its righteous cause, and would not stop resisting until it expels the thieves from the country.
• HPG: 40 soldiers killed and 2 tanks destroyed in Şırnak 

  HPG Media Center announced that 40 soldiers were killed, and 2 tanks and 3 diggers were destroyed during a HPG/YJA Star action in Şırnak’s Uludere district.
• Turkish army continues to attack Rojava 

  The Turkish army attacked the Ziyaret, Koran and Yapsê of Kobanê with heavy weaponry.
• ISIS suffers heavy losses in Mediban 

  ISIS gangs suffered heavy losses during their attack on Mediban, and the bodies of dead ISIS gangs are reportedly within the YBŞ-controlled territory.
• 'Lets object to Turkey’s invasion of Rojava' 

  TEV-DEM stated that the Turkey’s invasion of Efrin’s Hemamê village is immoral and in violation of all international agreements.
• Violent clashes in Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Violent clashes are taking place in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood between YPG/YPJ fighters and the SNC gangs supported by the AKP.
• ‘We will target ISIS gangs everywhere’ 

  SDF commander Ebû Feyad announced that ISIS gangs were trying to escape the clashes in SDF uniforms, and said that SDF would target the gangs everywhere.
• Notes from the 5th day of Raqqa Operation 

  Operation Liberate North Raqqa continued on its fifth day.
• Şırnak shelled without a pause 

  State forces continue to shell neighborhoods in Şırnak without a pause.
• Violent explosion in Nusaybin 

  A violent explosion took place in the Abdulkadirpaşa neighborhood of Nusaybin during state forces' bombardment of the district.